Helloween - Universe (gravity For Hearts) - Canciones Para Una Vida

UNIVERSE (GRAVITY  FOR  HEARTS) 

Segundo adelanto de los gigantes germanos Helloween del nuevo disco de la banda "Giants and monsters" que verá la luz el 29 de agosto de este 2025, siendo el décimo noveno LP de estudio de la banda. Como siempre recibe todas las miradas del mundo metálico global, como no puede ser de otra manera, tema este "Universe (gravity for hearts" del que dejo hoy un enlace a youtube de su lyric video oficial.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtzYJdG_qX0 

 

Universe - gravity for hearts
Universe- creator of the stars

Soul and heart can shape the skies together
When we dare to dream the symphony of eternal endeavors
Every glimpse of light a newborn life that matters
Bringing promises with each new dawn in the future-past forever

Stardust in our veins
Will feed the passion’s flame
Through galaxies we ride
Into the light

Universe - gravity for hearts
Universe - creator of the stars
Every beat of a heart, in celestial love
Our light shines on forever
Universe - creator of the stars

Ambitious minds in cosmic bound keep burning (keep burning)
When soul to soul will shape the years for evolution
When we strive for goals our spirits keep on learning (keep learning)
Makes us brave and bold in unity for revolution

Stardust in our veins
Will feed the passion’s flame
Through galaxies we ride
Into the light

Universe - gravity for hearts
Universe - creator of the stars
Every beat of a heart, in celestial love
Our light shines on forever
Universe - creator of them all

When the clouds in your mind break for heavy rain
No place to hide, bringing fear and pain
You know it’s not too late –
Keep up the faith, keep up the faith, keep up the faith

Life takes its toll, but hope is an anchor evermore
If we lose our compass in the dark, we take each sparkling star at heart
Life makes us fall, but failure breaks us even more
In unity, we’re bound in space, going on and on and on

Across the sky our spirit flies
Releasing rays into the night
Wonders of the worlds to rise
Forever, forever
Make the darkness disappear
Bound by love, no place for fear
Shining on the future through the night

Blazing into galaxies
Finding place in destiny
Our faith is strong, no misery
Together, together
Make the darkness disappear
Bound by love no place for fear
Shining for the future through the night

Universe, universe
Every beat of a heart, in celestial love
Our light shines on forever
Universe - creator of them all

Universe - gravity for hearts
Universe - creator of the stars
Every beat of a heart, In celestial love
Our light shines on forever
Universe - creator of them all 

By Nash  

Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast - Canciones Para Una Vida

THE  NUMBER  OF  THE  BEAST 

Vamos de nuevo con un disco icónico, de esos que simplemente tienen el beneplácito de toda la comunidad metálica, Iron Maiden The Number Of The Beast, primera obra de los británicos con Dickinson a la voz y sin duda punto definitivo de explosión de la banda a nivel internacional como mito en vida, estatus que gracias a obras como esta hoy en día poseen. Y que mejor canción para hoy que la que da nombre a la obra, "The number of the beast", indiscutiblemente considerado como uno de esos temas imprescindibles de la historia del heavy metal, y no por ser una de esas canciones más machacadas por todos deja de ser mejor o más efectiva, creo que es algo general que a pesar de ello cuando la escuchas algo se te sigue encendiendo por dentro, canción fundamental de la que dejo hoy en el blog un enlace a youtube.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxnN05vOuSM 

 

"Woe to you, oh Earth and Sea For the Devil sends the beast with wrath because he knows the time is short... Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast for it is a human number Its number is six hundred and sixty six" I left alone, my mind was blank, I needed time to think to get the memories from my mind What did I see? Can I believe that what I saw that night was real and not just fantasy? Just what I saw in my old dreams were they reflections of my warped mind staring back at me 'Cause in my dreams, it's always there, the evil face that twists my mind and brings me to despair, yeah... Night was black, was no use holding back 'Cause I just had to see, was someone watching me? In the mist, dark figures move and twist Was all this for real or just some kind of Hell? 666, the number of the beast Hell and fire was spawned to be released Torches blazed and sacred chants were praised As they start to cry, hands held to the sky In the night, the fires are burning bright The ritual has begun, Satan's work is done 666, the number of the beast Sacrifice is going on tonight This can't go on, I must inform the law Can this still be real, or just some crazy dream? But I feel drawn towards the chanting hordes Seem to mesmerize, can't avoid their eyes 666, the number of the beast 666, the one for you and me I'm coming back, I will return And I'll possess your body and I'll make you burn I have the fire, I have the force I have the power to make my evil take its course

 By Nash

Amorphis - Bones - Canciones Para Una Vida

 

BONES 

Va acercandose poco a poco la fecha de salida de la nueva obra de estudio de los finlandeses Amorphis ("Borderland" 26 de septiembre de este 2025), una de esas bandas seguro de vida absoluto, alcanzando un nivel ya casi de mito y que sigue aumentando su legion de seguidores obra tras obra. Este nuevo adelanto lleva por título "Bones", y de él dejo un enlace a youtube en el blog de su clip oficial.

 

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnSjYxh5yHM 

 

(Bones)
(Bones)
(Bones)
(Bones)

Someone had scattered the skeletons
The hip bones and the spines
Piled the ribs and the shoulder blades
Heaped the skulls into a mound

(Bones)
(Bones)

I waited for many a day and night
But found no one to ask
These people, who had they once been
And what had happened here?

From darkness they arrived
The spirits of the night
The moon rose to its zenith
Phosphorous, blue and white
From darkness they arrived
Lucid and mercurial
The creeping figures in the fog

I stayed yet for another night
Despondent and spiritless
To watch this nameless patch of land
A field covered by bones

(Bones)
(Bones)

From darkness they arrived
The spirits of the night
The moon rose to its zenith
Phosphorous, blue and white
From darkness they arrived
Lucid and mercurial
The creeping figures in the fog

And came the dawn I knew
Who these people had once been
I had learned their story
I had been taught their fate

(Bones)
(Bones)
(Bones)

From darkness they arrived
The spirits of the night
The moon rose to its zenith
Phosphorous, blue and white
From darkness they arrived
Lucid and mercurial
The creeping figures in the fog 

By Nash 

Manilla Road - Cat And Mouse - Canciones Para Una Vida

CAT  AND  MOUSE 

Desde el comienzo de su carrera, los estadounidenses Manilla Road parecían convencidos de mantener una senda propia, sin fijarse tanto en lo que les debería gustar a los demás al escuchar su música, como de lo que les gustaba a ellos al componerla, es de esas bandas que abrieron camino a pesar de sacrificar quizá una mayor recompensa económica, es heavy metal underground, clásico, de ese que alcanza más reconocimiento con el paso del tiempo creciendo su nombre tanto tiempo después de sus inicios más de lo que lo hizo al componer sus obras iniciales. Hoy quiero dejar una de sus canciones de su LP debut "Invasion" de 1980, en concreto "Cat and mouse" de la que dejo un enlace a youtube.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-3LUAx3u3Y 

 

The rats are in the cellar
The mice are in the cage
The cat is in the toilet
And the dog's got the mange
The up is now the down
The front is now the back
We've got it all so turned around
That I can't keep track

That's the way the story goes
They say it's all so clear
What is real nobody knows
They have all drowned in fear
They're drowning

The lions are roaring
The wolves they howl
The old men are snoring
And the cops they just cop out
Our diamonds are rusty
Our gold is no good
Our minds are so dusty
Nothings understood

That's the way the story goes
They say it's all so clear
What is real nobody knows
We have all drowned in fear
Ah damn it I'm drowning

The rats are in the cellar
The mice are in the cage
The cat is in the toilet
And my fucking dog he's got the mange
The up is now the down
The front is now the back
We've got it all so turned around
That I can't keep track
It's a cat and mouse   

By Nash 

Crystal Skull - The Underdark - Canciones Para Una Vida

THE  UNDERDARK 

El 7 de julio ha visto la luz la segunda obra de estudio del grupo italiano Crystal Skull, o lo que es sinonimo Claudio Livera, alma mater y compositor interprete de casi todo, (menos la batería), dueño y señor del proyecto banda, enmarcado en ese power épico muy con el sello del sonido italiano en ese tipo de planteamientos. Hpy quiero dejar en el blog otro de los temas de la nueva obra, "The Underdark" del que dejo un enlace a youtube.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv72zBa-nYA 

 

I fell into the silence

my eyes are looking through the caves

I hear your voices

Like distant echoes of the past

I breathe the winds of darkness

I feel the frost inside my blood

lost to the timeless

but I'm running into the underdark

 

I'm dying

I'm breaking

goodbye

 

Welcome nightmares

the light is falling on my land

I whisper my soul

in this eternal black and pain

I look for a path to the outside

I dig the earth with my own hands

hear the titans

I'm crying searching for the light

 

I'm dying

I'm breaking

goodbye

 

Into the dark

you look at the distance

feel the cold over you

Out of the dark

You'll keep resisting

leave the sorrow over

over you

 

Into the dark

you look at the distance

feel the cold over you

Out of the dark

You'll keep resisting

leave the sorrow over

over you

 

Into the dark

into the dark

 

Into the dark

you look at the distance

feel the cold over you

Out of the dark

You'll keep resisting

leave the sorrow over

over you

 

Into the dark

you look at the distance

feel the cold over you

Out of the dark

You'll keep resisting

leave the sorrow over

over you

 

By Nash  

Trespass - Visionary - Canciones Para Una Vida

 

VISIONARY 

Vamos a rescatar hoy a otra banda de las que siendo muy poco conocidas, si tienen el honor de pertenecer a la genuina NWOBHM ochentera, así pues, un grupo de los que pertenecieron a ese enorme movimiento de bandas británicas que terminaron de revolucionar y evolucionar el sonido al genuino heavy metal, evidentemente esa evolución es algo progresivo, global incluso, con escenas más decisivas que otras, claro está, y entre ellas la británica de la época fue fundamental. Trespass, que así se llama esta banda de hoy, comienza a finales de los 70, y para 1980 publica su primera demo "Through the ages" a la que seguirían un par de singles y un EP en 1981 ("Bright Lights"), después silencio compositivo hasta 1993 para realmente reactivarse como banda desde 2014 en adelante sacando en este último periodo tres LP's más, así pues, una banda atípica, que hizo las cosas de aquella manera en lo que a autopromoción se refiere, pero que atesoraba una calidad y potencial innegables, como queda patente en esta canción que dejo hoy en el blog "Visionary" de su demo de 1980, y de la que dejo un enlace a youtube.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lgt5XLe1K8 

 

Silken time is woven
In an old man's tired eyes
Broken dreams
Unheard of schemes
Behind them sleeping light
From time to time they take him back
To unfamiliar themes
The hope of no tomorrow
The visionary's dream

And though his mind is razor sharp
His visions' always true
Within his mind a barrier exists to black the view
He craves a chance to see at last
A solitary stand
To feel the blow the dagger strike
The unrevealed hand

He has no choice the cards are dealt
His fate is almost scaled
The patterns there
His life complete
He knows not what he feels
Frustration bends his tired frame
Exhaustion dreads his mind

And as the night sky close in
His answer, his answer he will find.
Within his dreams conceal
With nightmare speed
The mist retreats
That in his dreams concealed
The future past and present blend
A vision to reveal
The old eyes smile
The life light fades
He understands the scheme
The final hope of yesterday
Visionary, visionary dream

Repeat above verse

His spirit soars
Through moving doors
Universe of light
A loveless spirit breaking ut
Seeks eternal night
But far away
In timeless land
The tired spirit mourns
And like the Phoenix from the ash
The fire, the fire is reborn 

By Nash  

Livin' Evil - All Roads Lead To Hell - Canciones Para Una Vida

ALL  ROADS  LEAD  TO  HELL 

Vamos hoy con una banda aún muy desconocida, de una escena que tampoco ha sido nunca el mayor ejemplo de cantera heavy, son los franceses Livin' Evil, que con su heavy power metal se forman hace mucho tiempo ya 1992, sin embargo su carrera no ha empezado a tomar forma realmente hasta 2022 en que, reactivados, comienzan a editar finalmente material de estudio, así, en 2023 publican su debut a través de su primer LP "Prayers and torments" que servía para mostrar a sí mismos y a la escena que eran una banda real capaz de hacer buen sonido, y apoyados en su comienzo, y aún de manera independiente, en este 2025 editaban a mitad de mayo su segundo disco de estudio "The warriors of the king" del que quiero dejar hoy en el blog una de sus canciones. realmente merece la pena asomarse a su sonido, muchos se sorprenderán, también de como no se han decidido antes a desarrollar su carrera ya el potencial está indudablemente ahí, sino escucha este "All roads lead to hell" del que dejo un enlace a youtube. Atentos particularmente a la voz de Tasos Lazaris, vocalista también de Steel Arctus, de la que ya he dejado cosas en el blog.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2ostjTDcRQ 

 

No tengo las letras de esta canción, si las tienes y deseas dejarlas en un comentario, gustosamente las añadiré a la entrada con un comentario agradeciendotelo. 

By Nash  

The Lightbringer Of Sweden - Heroes Of The Past - Canciones Para Una Vida

HEROES  OF  THE  PAST 

En 2017 se forma la banda sueca "The lightbringer of Sweden" en una clave de heavy power, procediendo de la escuela que lo hacen toda una garantía basada en su tradición sonora como nación, y una vez más la calidad está presente en una forma de hacer que al instante resulta muy familiar para los habituales del power de corte europeo. La banda, a fecha de esta reseña tiene dos Lp's de estudio, el debut "Rise of the beast" de 2020 y su segundo intento "The new world order" de 2023, y del que quiero dejar hoy en el blog una de sus canciones "Heroes of the past" de la que dejo un enlace a youtube.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dnZr4zZ4ic 

 

We are the ones who are in control
We are the ones that carry you home
We are the heroes of our time
And we are back from the dead

'Cause we have rise from the grave
We has been woken, we are here
We are the warriors from the past
The gods has sent us to save the world

We are strong, we are free
His eyes are glowing from the dark
We got the power to kill this beast
The chase begins into the dark

Full moon is bright, lights up the woods
The beast he hides in the dark
Don't make a sound, come from behind
The eyes betray his hiding spot

We are the heroes of our time (of our time)
God, give us mercy and help us win this fight
We are the spirits from the past (from the past)
Risen from the graves by the spell from heaven

We are the heroes of the past (of the past)
And we can't feel the pain by the sword
We are the heroes of our time (of our time)
The heroes of the past are the army to last

We have fight in the past
We are the ones that fight again
We are the army of lost souls
We can't be killed, we are all ghosts

The woods are dark, we light the spark
We are the light in the dark
We are the warriors who will fight
We are the hope for mankind

We are the army that are strong
No one will carry us home
We got the will to win this fight
Our spirit keeps us safe

Full moon is red, the beast is dead
The ground is filled with his blood
We won this fight on this night
But many are left to go

We are the heroes of our time (of our time)
God, give us mercy and help us win this fight
We are the spirits from the past (from the past)
Risen from the graves by the spell from heaven

We are the heroes of the past (of the past)
And we can't feel the pain by the sword
We are the heroes of our time (of our time)
The heroes of the past are the army to last

We are the heroes

We are the heroes of our time (of our time)
God, give us mercy and help us win this fight
We are the spirits from the past (from the past)
Risen from the graves by the spell from heaven

We are the heroes of the past (of the past)
And we can't feel the pain by the sword
We are the heroes of our time (of our time)
The heroes of the past are the army to last 

By Nash  

Tomb Of Giants - The Flame - Canciones Para Una Vida

THE  FLAME 

Los alemanes Tomb Of Giants siguen dando pasos adelante en su carrera comenzada en 2013 a través de un EP "Holding the flame" que sale a la venta de forma oficial el día 25 de este mes de julio, tras sus dos LP publicados hasta la fecha (2017 y 2023). Con un sabor claramente clásico, el heavy metal que practican, es precisamente eso, sonido de la vieja escuela ni más ni menos, bien ejecutado y con efectiva composición, sobre todo si lo tuyo es el sonido de toda la vida. De este nuevo EP dejo hoy en el blog una de sus cuatro canciones, concretamente "The Flame" de la que dejo un enlace a youtube.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGxng7sfy8w 

 

Where darkness rules a flame 

will always burn and you 

KEEP IT ALIVE!

 Do you know the feeling? 

Darkness in your mind 

Knocked Down! 

No one‘s on your side

 Alone you stand against the rising storm

 But you stand tall like a mountain 

So get up - and leave it all behind

 Break out! Unlock your chains tonight

 And set it free the flame inside your heart

 Let the fire keep burning!

 And when you walk on 

this way you will see

 life has so much to give

 And when you walk on

 this way live life loud

 - as loud as you can! 

Running free!

 Aim for the sky, never kneel 

Reach for the stars 

Running free! 

Live for your deams and believe 

‘Cause you keep on holding the flame! 

A wildfire blazes in the dark Timeless! 

You brace against all odds 

Your future path, revealed, is yours alone 

Eternally keep striving!

 And when you walk on 

this way you will see life has so much to give 

And when you walk on

 this way live life loud

 - as loud as you can! 

Running free! 

Aim for the sky, never kneel 

Reach for the stars 

 Running free!

 Live for your deams and believe 

‘Cause you keep on

 holding the flame! 

And when you walk on this way

 You will see life has so much to give 

And when you walk on

 this way live life loud

 - as loud as you can 

Running free! 

Aim for the sky, never kneel 

Reach for the stars

 Running free! 

Live for your deams and believe

 ‘Cause you keep on holding the flame!

 You keep on holding 

Always keep holding

 Eternally holding the flame!  

 

By Nash 

Vision Divine - Vision Divine - Canciones Para Una Vida

VISION  DIVINE 

La parte final de los noventa y el comienzo de los 2000 fue una de esas épocas doradas para el power en general, sobre todo el de tendencia u origen europeo, y particularmente la escena italiana tuvo un boom tras el éxito cosechado por Rhapsody y todas las bandas que surgieron en dicha escena en ese momento. La escena, que lo sabía, aprovechaba para explotar los nombres incipientes y asentados, era el momento de diversificar y aprovechar el tirón, y así surgen bandas como Vision Divine o Labyrith, donde Lione promocionaba directamente con el nombre y la calidad innegable de vocalista a lo que se unia la composición siempre acertada de Olaf Thorsen para crear un producto muy fácil de vender en el momento. el primer disco de Vision Divine de identico título se publica en 1999 y de él dejo hoy en el blog otro de sus temas, igualmente "Vision Divine" del que dejo un enlace a youtube.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2w_JKYofJg 

 

Am I dreaming? I can't believe it...
Can't explain what I feel

Holy light, holy sight...

Talk to me, show me,
I want to see through your eyes,
Wind me, cleanse me
Vision Divine!

Revelation, now I see...
All around me nothing else than lies;

Tears by shame for your crimes...

Talk to me, show me,
I want to see through your eyes,
Wind me, cleanse me
Vision Divine!

"Centuries of wars
Then you forgot my words..."

No more lies nor false religions
Give us time to think about our sins

"Blood of innocents
Screaming for revenge..."

Saints and angels all together
Flying 'round the seven holy skies...

Holy light, holy sight...

Talk to me, show me,
I want to see through your eyes,
Wind me, cleanse me
Vision Divine! 

By Nash  

Feuerschwanz - Valhalla - Canciones Para Una Vida

 

VALHALLA 

Nueva muestra de poderío de los germanos Feuerschwanz que van adelantando temas del nuevo LP "Knightclub" para el 25 de julio, y en esta ocasión con un nombre conocido en temas colaborativos como es la veterana vocalista Doro Pesch, en el tema "Valhalla" del que hoy dejo en el blog un enlace a youtube de su clip oficial.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwcO2saJTA0 

 

Forgotten, forsaken
Our gods and holy names
Divided and blinded
By rulers and their games

Believers, deceivers
Weve seen it all before
For changes and justice
Were riding into war

Hail the gods of thunder - VALHALLA!

We are Vikings
We are Valkyries
Stand together side by side
We are Vikings
We are Valkyries
Into glory we will ride

Hail the gods of thunder - VALHALLA!

We are Vikings
We are Valkyries
Raise your fist up to the sky
We are Vikings
We are Valkyries
And together we will die

Hail the gods of thunder - VALHALLA!
VALHALLA!
VALHALLA!

They burned us, they feared us
They blinded our eyes
They chained us, they reigned us
Together we will rise

Believers, deceivers
We've seen it all before
For changes and justice
We're riding into war

Hail the gods of thunder - VALHALLA!

We are Vikings
We are Valkyries
Stand together side by side
We are Vikings
We are Valkyries
Into glory we will ride

Hail the gods of thunder - VALHALLA!
VALHALLA!
VALHALLA!

Verloren, vergessen
Verleugnet und bestraft
Verraten, verlassen, versklavt
VALHALLA!

We are Vikings
We are Valkyries
Stand together side by side
We are Vikings
We are Valkyries
Into glory we will ride

Hail the gods of thunder - VALHALLA!

Raise your fist up to the sky
And together we will die

Hail the gods of thunder - VALHALLA!
Hail the gods of thunder - VALHALLA! 

By Nash  

Ensiferum - The Howl - Canciones Para Una Vida

THE  HOWL 

De vuelta al noveno, y a fecha de esta reseña último LP de estudio de los finlandeses Ensiferum, "Winter Storm" de 2024, una obra que consolida definitivamente a la actual formación de la banda con esa incorporación vocal limpia que libera un poco a Petri de su trabajo, repartiendo las funciones vocales y abriendo el espectro para seguramente aumentar sus huestes de seguidores. En lo compositivo este último disco es muy Ensiferum, su sello está presente y mantiene la tradición del grupo. De la obra dejo hoy en el blog otro de sus temas, hoy "The Howl" del que dejo un enlace a youtube.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D85Nct3hWS4 

 

In the land of brave warriors, our proud clan always stood tall,
We heed the ancient call, for years we fought but the evil grew

Nature cries for the wisdom of old, now forgotten, forever lost

Oh, world, hear my howl, see my light in the sky
I shall find the one, who will set your world on fire
Oh, run, all the lost ones, your rule ends today
For the rightful vengeance, the old world shall rise again!

Through the whispers of time, I saw the decay,
The spirits wept, their voices dismayed
With one final deed, I'll break free of my chains,
Transcend to a spirit wolf, unbound by the pain

Oh, world, hear my howl, see my light in the sky
I shall find the one, who will set your world on fire
Oh, run, all the lost ones, your rule ends today
For the rightful vengeance, the old world shall rise again!

The spirits guide me, their presence, a light
To seek a soul worthy, to join the fight

In twilight's embrace, I began my final quest
Through valleys and mountains,
I roam from East to West
I will not rest
Until I find him

Under the gaze of the moon,
He'll find the chosen one,
With a heart of valour,
Beneath the winter sun,
With spirits, his witness, he'll invoke the sacred rite,
The magic of the old and a warrior's might

Together we march, through battles we wade,
As spirit and mortal, our strengths now allied,
The oppressors shall falter, their reign to an end,
For the old world's wisdom, we shall defend

Oh, world, hear my howl, see my light in the sky
I shall find the one, who will set your world on fire
Oh, run, all the lost ones, your rule ends today
For the rightful vengeance, the old world shall rise again! 

By Nash  

Burning Sun - Shadows Undone - Canciones Para Una Vida

SHADOWS  UNDONE 

Segundo LP de estudio a la vista del grupo hungaro Burning Sun, que ya dejase un buen sabor de boca con su debut de 2023 "Wake of ashes". Esta segunda obra lleva por título "Retribution" y verá la luz de forma oficial el próximo 22 de agosto, y que va desgranando algún tema de adelanto como este "Shadows undone" del que dejo un enlace a youtube, heavy power de regusto clásico.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGWoa9In7Go 

 

The unholy ritual
is about to begin
the cult is gathered
before the covered altar
The necromancer
chants the dark mass

“Rise, oh long-forgotten,
it’s time to be reborn!”

Then the walls shake
and the doors blast wide open

“I am Emaly,
this justice I deliver
will send you right to the grave
corrupt slave!”


Light against the darkness
the flash of a blade
might of the Sun
shadows undone
Light against the darkness
by judgement
end the ritual
shadows undone


The fight ensued with fortitude
justice comes to shackle down the beast
The fight ensued with fortitude
justice comes to shackle down the beast

The unholy ritual
is nearly complete
and on the altar
the shrouded body is moving
while his worshippers
are burning to ashes

“Rise, oh long-forgotten,
it’s time to be reborn!”

The necromancer falls
before the bloody altar 

By Nash  

Turisas - Stand Up And Fight - Canciones Para Una Vida

 

STAND  UP  AND  FIGHT 

Turisas, o el misterio de una banda que desapareció sin dejar rastro cuando estaba muy alto entre la consideración de los amantes del death melódico de componente folk. Ya desde la salida de este disco que traigo hoy al blog, "Stand up and fight" allá por 2011, la crítica sacudió bastante a la banda por su cambio estilístico, o más bien por aumentar su accesibilidad al gran público, algo que se agudizaría en su cuarto y último LP dos años más tarde "Turisas2013". La verdad es que en esta ocasión su debut "Battle metal" resulta insuperable y cuando esto sucede, muchas veces las bandas parecen caer en una especie de lucha interna que en no pocas ocasiones termina por disolver a las bandas antes de tiempo, pero con Turisas exactamente no se que ha sucedido, desde 2024 consta su estatus como en pausa, pero doce años sin dar señales de vida compositiva son demasiados para tener esperanzas fundadas. Hoy quiero volver a su material publicado para recuperar el tema que dio nombre a su tercera obra, "Stand up and fight" de 2011, canción de la que dejo un enlace a youtube de su clip oficial.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7woW7DmnR0E 

 

The pouring rain, 

Sticks my hair to my face, 

An empty gaze is all

 I have left, 

The stars that once lit my way have dimmed, 

The sky turned grey, 

The path once so clear

 Faded away,

 Blessed are the days when life is intent and clear, 

No falter or doubt, I know the way,

 They are the days, I hoped,

 I have never stepped from this road,

 The spark I once had, 

Seems to have died, 

Stand up and fight, 

Stand up and look into the light, 

Pushing the clouds away 

Stand up and fight, 

Stand up and see the sky turn bright, 

Fight for a better day 

What a relief it would be to end this all, 

How easy to fly the white flag and give up,

 But would I run today just to die another day, 

Give up now and every fight has been in vain, 

Stand up and fight, 

Stand up and look into the light,

 Pushing the clouds away 

Stand up and fight, 

Stand up and see the sky turn bright, 

Fight for a better day Get up 

You've made it this far

 No loser you are 

One more time One more try 

The pouring rain, 

Sticks my hair to my face, 

Stand up and fight, 

Stand up and look into the light, 

Pushing the clouds away 

Stand up and fight,

 Stand up and see the sky turn bright, 

Fight for a better day 

Stand up and fight! 

Fight fight

 Stand up and fight  

 

By Nash 

Brymir - A Free Man's Path - Canciones Para Una Vida

 

 

A FREE  MAN'S  PATH 

Practicamente imposible encontrar este disco en original a precio asequible, la primera obra de los finlandeses Brymir es uno de esos discos que automáticamente me hizo seguirles desde que empezaron, un disco que ya hablaba de sus virtudes y que mostraba el potencial que luego han ido confirmando. Hablamos de "Breath fire to the sun" y hablamos de 2011, con temas como este "A free man's path" que dejo hoy en el blog.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_Ac0i4SBYA 

 

Trapped in a room without walls
Forced to walk this darkened road
When I come to a crossroad
And the way divides into three separate paths
I walk the one out of my dream
And awake in tears

As a blood-red sun is rising
The icy landscape flashing by
I've never felt such feelings
Never felt so alive
I run faster than ever before
And I know my destination

I had this dream, a vision of myself
Imprisoned, tormented, screaming for help
Now awake I realise, I see what I am
I feel more free than ever
I am my own king

Fears, enemies alike to be won
A path to make the past undone
I proudly watch the rising sun
The way to freedom has begun

Fueled by my own desire
I climb higher
Fueled by my inner fire
I reach my peak

I have always been running
Thinking I'm forced to
Now I know the truth
Freedom has begun

I stop and turn around
Seeing the path that I carved

My tracks in the snow
Show my independence
I led myself where I stand
Not forced nor guided

The tracks behind me fade away
And I ask myself a question
Will this last forever
This freedom 

By Nash  

Fullforce - Rain - Canciones Para Una Vida

  

RAIN

Nuevo vistazo a otra de esas bandas que nacieron con la idea de "supergrupo", colaboración de músicos de renombre, con esa sensación de que hiciesen lo que hiciesen debería sonar bien, algo que como concepto no debería darse por hecho, al final no solo se trata de talento, las luchas de egos, las expectativas o la variedad de planteamientos compositivos a veces incompatibles pueden cambiar la dirección de uno de estos proyectos, aunque al tratarse de músicos de calidad, esta se da por sentado y en este caso así fue sin duda, fue porque la banda - proyecto solo da para dos cartuchos, dos LP's (2011 y 2012) antes de diluirse, pero habiendo dejado su impronta a traves del trabajo realizado. Su primer intento "One" deja temas memorables como este "Rain" que dejo hoy en el blog a través de un enlace a youtube.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt0Z6h6sSnQ 

 

It seems like heaven is falling down
Shades of grey dominate the sky
So tired, so boring

I can not stand this pouring rain
No energy, no inspiration
No sunlight, no action

There's a new day tomorrow
I dream about blue skies
I want cloudy, rainy days to disappear

Hiding inside my window
Tired of endless raining
No wonder depressions increase every day
We have to see the bright sides of life

All those rainy days that pass
Shouldn’t affect my mood
Prevent it, it's a challenge

Use your imagination to find a way
To smile at the rain
Don't waste your time banning the grey

There's a new day tomorrow
I dream about blue skies
I want cloudy, rainy days to disappear

Hiding inside my window
Tired of endless raining
No wonder depressions increase every day
We have to see the bright sides of life

Hiding inside my window
Tired of endless raining
No wonder depressions increase every day
We have to see the bright sides of life

Now it's raining in my heart

Hiding inside my window
Tired of endless raining
No wonder depressions increase every day
We have to see the bright sides of life

Hiding inside my window
Tired of endless raining
No wonder depressions increase every day
We have to see the bright sides of life 

By Nash 

Duskmourn - The Herald And The Wanderer - Canciones Para Una Vida

THE  HERALD  AND  THE  WANDERER 

Vamos con el último material de estudio publicado por los estadounidenses Duskmourn, una banda que en su momento deslumbrase dentro del sonido del death melódico con su impecable debut de 2014 "Legends", algo que después corroborarían con su segundo disco "Of shadows and flames" de 2017 y en general han mantenido el nivel también en el tercer trabajo "Fallen kings and rusted crowns" de 2021. Tras ese material solo han publicado otro single "The herald and the wanderer" en 2023 y del que hoy quiero dejar en el blog un enlace a youtube.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l73lE2-roo 

 

Behold the one foretold
Riding across autumn's flame
Herald of a woeful demise
A mouth to blinded eyes

Heed not where sorrow keeps
By the sword you shall speak

We create the stars
Guiding black hearts
From serpent's kiss
Of natures womb
To certain doom
On beryl waves we march

Behold the one who roams
Carried by winds groan
Wanderer of ravens crown
A prophet to barren minds

Drink from my endless chalice
Gain thirst for knowledge

We create the stars
Guiding black hearts
From serpent's kiss
Of natures womb
To certain doom
On beryl waves we march

Shrouded by the Sea
In Magic and mystery
Their worn eyes feast
On the sorrow we breathe

Old shadows call from beyond
It’s warriors gather eternally
The herald and the wanderer
Burn the flame where darkness sleeps

For wrath and honor
To death and glory 

By Nash  

Grave Digger - Bark To Hell - Canciones Para Una Vida

BARK  TO  HELL 

No es tradicionalmente la manera de Grave Digger, lo de la publicación de singles más allá de lo habitual en los casos en que se saca un disco nuevo, me refiero a esos singles sueltos, huerfanos de disco, que muchos grupos han cultivado a modo de permanencia en la retina del gran público, y que Grave Digger parece que ha descubierto hace poco y en este 2025 edita ya el segundo de ellos. De nuevo estamos ante una propuesta compositiva muy del principio de su carrera, una especie de vuelta a las raices alejandose de ese componente más power o incluso folk (por lo de las gaitas). El caso es que en este 2025 publican este otro single, "Bark to hell", del que dejo hoy en el blog un enlace a youtube.

 

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_2QrHLh9yo 

 

Creatures born in shadows
From the grave they crawl
A haunting wail
When darkness falls

A spectral chorus
In the devil's knell
Voices of the dead
Will tell the tale

Under the crimson moon
His kingdom unfurls
A tapestry of nightmares
Ensnaring the souls

Bark to hell
A labyrinth of the damned
Bark to hell
Where my fear is fanned
Bark to hell
Where endless chaos swells
With an iron fist
The king is raising hell, hell, hell

Caverns of anguish
Where the immortal dance
The king surveys
With a malefic glance

Wielding a scepter
With flames in the air
Dominion of torment
On a throne of despair

Under the crimson moon
His kingdom unfurls
A tapestry of nightmares
Ensnaring the souls

Bark to hell
A labyrinth of the damned
Bark to hell
Where my fear is fanned
Bark to hell
Where endless chaos swells
With an iron fist
The king is raising hell, hell, hell 

By Nash 

Tragedian - Broken Dream - Canciones Para Una Vida

BROKEN  DREAM 

Ya va Tragedian, la banda alemana, cumpliendo años en activo, desde 2003 han pasado ya más de veinte años y la carrera del grupo, sin ser para nada reconocida a nivel global ni particularmente prolífica (cinco LP's de estudio en todo este tiempo), si que ha mostrado más de una vez el enorme potencial que atesoran desde el comienzo de su propuesta, con su power melódico de diseño europeo y no carente de velocidad, bien ejecutado y tecnicamente bien propuesto. Su última obra es de 2023 y hoy he querido regresar a su inicio, a través de su debut de 2008 "dreamscape", del que quiero dejar en el blog una de esas canciones cocinadas a fuego lento, pero llenas de energía, ese medio tiempo, balada, llamada "Broken Dream" de la que dejo un enlace a youtube.

 

https://youtu.be/WajRCJT82nI  

 

At the end again
Another broken dream
That seemed it was destined to be
Feeling lost and broken

I am trapped under black skies
Without any hope
I can never believe again, again, again
I can never believe again

Alone on the streets, alone in the night
Hiding myself, from the light

Still I'm alive, with hopes to revive
Even though it feels, I'm damned for life

Feeling alone again
As the days go by
Memories running free
Only thoughts of yesterday

Will continue haunting my mind
The past is calling me
There must be a way out, way out, way out
There must be a way out

Alone on the streets, alone in the night
Hiding myself, from the light

Still I'm alive, with hopes to revive
Even though it feels, I'm damned for life 

By Nash